Covert Motorcycle Surveillance Officers

Accelerate your Surveillance career by putting the brakes on Fraud across the UK as a Covert Motorcycle Surveillance Officer.

Summary
Who we are …

DWP’s Economic, Serious & Organised Crime (ESOC) are a National team with geographical representation throughout the UK. We are responsible for and are committed to detecting, preventing, dismantling and prosecuting organised criminals facilitating benefit offences and abuse. This mostly involves working across multi law enforcement agencies on high profile and serious fraud operations involving multi suspects in multi-million- pound criminality.

ESOC’s highly trained surveillance operatives are a national resource able to provide an immediate response.

If you can think on your feet, handle demanding changing situations, be aware of your environment and be able to step up and take the lead in a ‘follow’, then we have an ‘eyeball’ on you.

What’s in it for you

• Flexible blended working – you won’t be in the office all day every day.
• A competitive pension contribution.
• Career progression opportunities
• The autonomy to manage how you work.
• A superbike that you’ll spend significant time riding!

Job description
Heads up….

• You’ll already be fully trained, experienced, and accredited in the world of surveillance and able to anticipate and flow through traffic as you ride our modified category ‘A’ licence motorcycle.
• You’ll be fully conversant with, and capable of, deploying the full range of surveillance techniques, investigative tools and equipment.
• You will have knowledge in actioning tasking documents (requests for surveillance) and liaise with key stakeholder agreeing a plan of action for covert surveillance, which is legally compliant with all legislation.

Key Information
How you will spend your time….

• As a surveillance officer you will be discreetly following a target and monitoring their activities.
• You will be collecting, analysing and logging information using different techniques and approaches to observe without being noticed on foot or motorcycle.
• Where you are, what you will be doing and how long will depend on whom you are following and why.
You will ensure the evidence and intelligence is received and presented in the form of high-quality surveillance logs and ensure the professional and accurate preparation and production of surveillance outcome files.
• You will obtain and write witness statements to evidence witnessed activities, exhibit documentary and photographic evidence obtained and to account for the continuity of exhibits. If necessary, appear as a witness in court.

Security

To apply for roles in DWP you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why. People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Nationality requirements
Open to:
• UK nationals
• Nationals of Commonwealth countries
• Nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• EEA nationals with (or eligible for) status under the EUSS
• Relevant EEA or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• Relevant EEA or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• Certain family members of the relevant EU & Turkish nationals

This opportunity is for two roles.

The full Job Description. Person specification and Terms & Conditions are available as attachments, on Civil Service Jobs.

Essential

Who we’re looking for….

• You will have the ability to manage and lead, make effective decisions and be able to communicate clearly and concisely.
• You will be able to work effectively on your own and as part of a team and be at a good level of fitness.
• This role requires the need to be able to walk significant distances, at varying paces and wear covert audio equipment as well as take verbal information/instruction from multiple sources.
• To currently hold a full driving licence for both motorbikes (Cat A) and to drive motor vehicles and comply with all requirements for holding this licence, including the minimum eyesight standards and a good level of hearing.

Essential Technical Criteria
The only intel you require to plan your way to an interview with us is ….

• To currently hold both the National Police Chief Council Accredited Surveillance Core Skills Qualification and Surveillance Motorcycle Qualification.
• Provide your career and work history - detailing where and when you obtained the essential qualifications and the relevant experience for this role.
• Prepare examples of your Making Effective Decisions, Communicating and Influencing, Working Together and Managing a Quality Service knowledge and skills.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave and additional Bank holidays
• Paid overtime and expenses
• Clothing and equipment allowance.
• 24-hour employee wellbeing, financial and legal support.
• Employee and family discount scheme for sport and recreational activities and clubs.
• Maximum 5 days paid personal development
• Work placed Community volunteering opportunities.
• Maintain your own accreditation through active deployment and assessments.